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There needs to be a shift in how proprietary technologies that have universal benefits for our society are viewed. It may be normal for a company to withold in
by dessant 8y ago
There needs to be a shift in how proprietary technologies that have universal benefits for our society are viewed.
It may be normal for a company to withold information to keep a competitive edge in a nascent industry, but it will also mean that their press releases lauding reduced death rates in their products will be double edged swords, unless they make the ethical decision to share their improvements with other players and reduce death rates across the industry.
- Quenty 8y agoU.S. specific, but this is what the patent system was originally designed to solve, and is a power given to the U.S. government. “To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries.“
- hfxtovan 8y agoSimilar to GPS
- twblalock 8y agoSharing technology would reduce death rates. But if technology was not shared, competitors would need to reduce death rates even further in order to compete, which might be better for society overall.
- dessant 8y agoThey'd also have an easier time further reducing death rates by getting access to tech from competitors sooner, and improve from there.